Since the balanced Grand Prix chess series began, Demerara Distillers Limited with its Topco brand and Gaico Construction have been two of the game’s principal sponsors. The Grand Prix is meant, fundamentally, to provide the more brilliant minds of chess to represent Guyana at the 2020 Chess Olympiad in Russia.
I used the word “balanced” above because no one can get to represent our nation by going through the back door. One accumulates points by participating in these tournaments.
The winners get the highest number of points, and in juxtaposition to that thought, the losers obtain the least. Its a fair system, and a democratic one. If you do not play, you cannot secure points and in essence you will not qualify to represent Guyana internationally. Guyana won the prestigious Albert Einstein gold medal for robotics and chess wants to emulate such a feat as far as it is possible to do so. Of course, the areas of chess and robotics are not identical, but the intention is the same. Capturing the gold medal has motivated our local chess players.